Penholder



Patented Sept. 20, i898.

W. H. MAULTBY.

PENHOLDER.

(Application led Nov. 26, 1897.)

(No Model.)

mmxmm l UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM II. MAULTBY, OF GRAND VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA.-

iDENHoLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,178, datedSeptember 20, 1898.

I Application filed November 26, 1897. Serial No. 659,858. (No model.)

To @Zi whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MAULTBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at GrandA Valley, in the county of Warren and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPenholders and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in penholders of that classwherein. the pen is clamped between the staff of the holder and aretaining-sleeve thereon and released by the withdrawal of said sleeve.

The object'of this invention is to provide a penholder of novel andinexpensive construction and adapted to be made of wood withoutliability of the parts being split or broken in use and in whichprovision is made for receiving and firmly holding pens of varyingthickness, as well as maintaining the parts of the holder in fixedrelation, so as to avoid accidental release of the pen.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in apenholder embodying the novel constructions of parts hereinafter morefully described, and specifically set forth in the appended claims;

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of apenholder constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, alongitudinal section of the same; Fig. 3, a cross-section; Fig. 4, alongitudinal section of a modified construction of holder; Fig. 5, abroken detail section of same on an enlarged scale; Fig. G, across-section; Fig. 7, a front or inner end view of the sleeve withstaif removed.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, lrepresents the retaining-sleeve of the holder, and 2 the staff thereof.The said .sleeve is formed with a socket 3 at its inner end and alongitudinal bore 4 leading therefrom and opening through the outer endof the sleeve, said bore being eccentric to the axis of the socket andhaving a conical enlargement 4 at its inner end adjacent to the saidsocket, as shown.

The staff comprises a tip or head 5, adapt-ed son of the eccentricdisposition of the bore 6o bears normally against one side 3a of thewall of the socket. The major portion of the resilient stem 6 fitssnugly in the bore 4 and is rigidly held against other than longitudinalmovement therein,while the inner end thereof is adapted to yield or givein the conical enlargement of the bore, so as to permit the tip or headto tilt downward out of contact with the wall portion 3 when the pen isbeing inserted therebetween and to bind firmly against the pen when thelatter is inserted.

By this construction it will be seen that pens of different or variablethickness mayv be readily inserted and held rmly against accidentalwithdrawal or sidewise movement, thus obviating the objection incidentto ordinary penholders in which the pen-receiving space is of a given orunvarying size. The two parts of the holder are also iirmly connectedthereby against casual disengagement.

A further advantage of my improved pen resides in the fact that theboreof the sleeve is of very small size, thus making the sleeve aprotector for the staff and not a mere shell which is liable to be splitor broken by pressure of the ngers or when dropped. I am thereby enabledto make a strong, durable, and inexpensive penholder of wood or paperpulp, although I do not limit the invention to the use of thesematerials.

In the embodiment of. my invention disclosed in Figs. 4 to 7, inclusive,I have shown the holder provided with a stop device to prerelease of thepen. To this end I provide the stem in rear of the tip 5 with asegmental stop-lug 7 on its under side, which is adapted to abut againsta pin 8, extending across the socket 3 and fixed in the walls thereof,and

vent accidental withdrawal of the sleeve and/ limit the projection ofsaid tip. When it is Ioo the path of the pin, when the staff can bemoved inward or outward, as Will be readily understood.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A penholder consisting of a sleeve provided at its inner end with acylindrical socket and with a central, longitudinal bore extending fromsaid socket and opening through the outer end of the sleeve, said borebeing disposed eccentric to the axis of the socket and provided adjacentthereto with a conical enlargement, and a staff having a reducedflexible stem fitted in said bore and a head fitted in said socket andbearing normally against one side of the Wall of the socket,substantially as described.

2. A penholder consisting of a sleeve provided at its inner end with acylindrical socket and With a longitudinal bore extending from saidsocket and disposed eccentrically to the axis thereof, said bore beingof very small diameter so that the surrounding Wall of the sleeve may beof the proper thickness and strength to prevent undue yielding orcrushing of the sleeve, and provided adjacent to the socket with aconical enlargement opening thereinto, and a staff having a reducediieXible stein snugly fitting the bore and compensating for the materialremoved to forni said bore, and a head completely inclosed in saidsocket, said head by reason of the eccentric disposition of the borebeing normally arranged to bear against one side of the Wall of saidsocket, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A penholder consisting of a sleeve provided at itsinner end with acylindrical socket and with a longitudinal bore extending from saidsocket and opening through the outer end of the sleeve, said bore beingdisposed eccentric to the axis of the socket and provided adjacentthereto with a conical enlargement, a pin extending across the socketand fixed in the Walls thereof, a staff havinga reduced flexible stemfitted in said bore and a head fitted in said socket and bearingnormally against one side of the Wall of the socket, and asegmental-shaped stop-lug on the stem in rear of said head adapted tocoact with the pin, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WM. H. MAULTBY.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL GRUMBINE, 'E. H. WILLIAMS.

